MOZAMBIQUE 2012 - Bush Outreach to the Unreached Makonde and Mwani

Mau-sim-boa Da Praia, Mozambique

Friday, July 6, 2012

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Bush Outreach to the Unreached Makonde and Mwani

So many beautiful memories are created not only within our minds but within our spirits as we shine the light of God into the darkest and most unreached places of planet earth:

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I am crammed in the back of a camion that takes our team hundreds of kilometers over horrible roads...our heads pounding and our insides jumbled up due to the constant slamming of our bodies against the truck bed...the human body wasn't meant to take such a beating, yet we smile and count it an honor to suffer a bit for the sake of the gospel...our clothes are covered with the red dirt that the trucks have kicked up into the air...many of us have our mouths and noses covered in order to not inhale this same red dirt.

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I am meeting a people group who has their faces tattooed and their upper lips pierced with big guages...the Makonde were at one time cannibals...I hear a story of a Makonde woman who gave a testimony of once wanting to eat her family before she knew Jesus...now I am explaining the gospel of Christ to them through the tattoos on my body...hundreds give their lives to Christ as our team preaches the gospel and shows the Jesus film in their village called Ma-kum-ia...love is in the air...love for a people that have been despised...old grannies smile revealing the only one or two crooked and rotten teeth that are left in their mouths...I learn a few Makonde phrases and try them out...the people are amused and we all laugh together.

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I am standing in the back of a pickup truck as Henk races to the airstrip...I spot Papa Rolland's new Iris plane in the air and immediately begin to roll film...he lands the plane flawlessly...it is a miracle that he is even flying a plane as he nearly lost his life to sickness years ago...Mama Heidi and six other visitors disembark...they are greeted by their Mozambican sons and Harvest School students...smiles and hugs all around...Mama Heidi races off to find land to buy...this proves difficult as they try to deny us the sale of any land once they find out we are Christ-followers...the Mwani people of Mau-sim-boa Da Praia are followers of Al-lah...we try to get permission to show the Jesus film in the most difficult place in the city...the chief isn't around to sign off on a document allowing us to do so...we instead have our outreach at the existing Iris church...after the Jesus film we perform a drama of the Good Samaritan...Mama Heidi, Pastor Jose and the visitors testify of Jesus...hundreds raise their hands and pray to receive Christ...a deaf-mute is healed as his drunken mother heckles us and curses us...joyful and animated dance carries us into the night...the next morning I run with the local pastor to invite the chief to have breakfast with us...our team greets him and the other village leaders...Mama Heidi leads the chief to Christ and gives him a Bible in the Mwani language...Mama Heidi, Antoinette and I pray for some demon-possesed women who are delivered, almost to the point of vomiting and then openly invite Jesus Christ into their lives in their own language...our team is exhausted, with very little sleep, yet visit house to house, sitting with families and giving Bibles away.

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These are memories that have been sealed in heaven. These are stories that will be told among angels. This is our life. This is our destiny. This is normal. This is the Kingdom.

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Christian Young

MOZAMBIQUE 2012 - Washing Feet

Pemba, Mozambique

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

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Washing Feet

This past Sunday we went to church [here] at the Pemba Iris base. We had a really great time and I particularly enjoyed seeing the indigenous Mozambicans getting filled with the power of God, [being] ignited by God’s passion and then being sent out from there into their villages to live out the gospel. It was also awesome to see Mozambicans praying for the westerners that were in church that day. It was an overall amazing day!

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Two days later we took the opportunity given to us to lead worship for the morning class at Harvest School of Missions. It was such a great time to see the presence of God touch the hearts of all the students and staff. For those that know me, leading worship and seeing heaven touch earth so that we never return the same is absolutely one of my favorite things in the world.

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Today’s class was so impacting! We were able to witness the act of foot washing, one of the most humbling acts, between both students to Mozambicans, and then Mozambicans to students. It was so good to see, and to watch both groups be able to bless and pray for each other as well. Overall, we’ve had a busy, but amazing time at the Harvest School of Missions (HS16) in Pemba, Mozambique.

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Jonas Young

MOZAMBIQUE 2012 - Arrival in Pemba

Pemba, Mozambique
Saturday, June 23, 2012
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Arrival In Pemba

After many long flights and layovers, we safely arrived in Mozambique. We are settling in to our new home in the student compound here at the Iris base. We are so blessed as they literally just finished our room the day before we arrived. We have our own bedroom and bathroom and share a kitchen and dining room with two other families.

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We've hit the ground running. We have been connecting with many of the students and staff daily. The day after we arrived Nathan and Sarah passed the mantle of leading the school onto us in class. Then we got to listen to Heidi Baker speak. She and Rolland are my favorite teachers, even though so many anointed international teachers come to speak here at the Harvest School of Missions. Later that night we got some "floor time" with Nathan, Sarah, Pamela, Tony and Papa Rolland at the Maxwell's home. Yesterday we had three separate staff meetings in order to get to know all 39 staff members better, pray for one another and hear their hearts. Today an Australian student drove me into town where I picked up a small 50cc motorbike for dirt cheap in order for us to be able to get around town while we are here. We named our new motorbike, "Revelation." We are so excited to be here and Holy Spirit is crashing in on us at HS16. Everyone has so welcomed us in the Spirit as the new school leaders. We feel so at home. Please continue to pray for us. We are so desperate for more of His presence and for the strength to be able to complete the task He has placed before us. Love to you all!

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Christian Young

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PERU 2012 - Our Journey Through Peru

The solid black lines are where we traveled by car and bus. The dotted black lines are where we traveled by plane. The double black lines are where we traveled by boat.